Turning up in “near me”
Local search isn’t won by the biggest website, it is won by the best-maintained listing. We start there because it is free and because it is where the customer looks before deciding.
Neighbourhood retail and services
Be there when the neighbour searches
You compete on the shop window and on whoever walks past. The same person searches for you from the sofa half an hour later, and there you are nowhere.
Barcelona has more than sixty thousand commercial premises. Most compete on the shop window and on whoever walks past, and almost none of them show up when that same neighbour searches for what they sell from the sofa.
The difference is rarely the website. It is that the Google listing is half-finished, that the August hours were never updated, that the only way to book an appointment is to phone during shop hours, and that half the appointments are lost because nobody reminds anyone.
That is what we fix first, because that is what pays for itself in the first week. The handsome website comes afterwards, and costs less than you think.
What we build for a neighbourhood business
Appointments that cut no-shows
An empty hour is never recovered. The automatic reminder is the cheapest part of the whole project and the one you notice most in the till.
Selling with the shutter down
You don’t need a full online shop to sell at night. Sometimes a catalogue, a price and collection in store is enough — and that takes two weeks.
Menu, allergens and hours that update themselves
A menu in a 2019 PDF is the most common mistake in neighbourhood hospitality. We put it on a page you can edit from your phone, with allergens where the law wants them.
One project, with its numbers
Hair salon in Gràcia, two stylists
Appointments by phone and Instagram, a paper diary, and roughly one booked hour in six going empty with no warning. The brief was not a website: it was to stop losing those hours.
Comerç package: €1,490 + €49/month maintenance
- Appointments per service, with real durations and a separate diary per stylist
- Automatic reminder the day before, with a link to change or cancel
- Google Business Profile rebuilt, with August hours and current photos
- Four pages: services, prices, team and how to find us, in Catalan and Spanish
- Invoicing made Verifactu-ready ahead of the deadline
What the rules ask of you, and where they say it
Four obligations that affect nearly every shop and that nearly nobody has explained to the shopkeeper. They are handled inside the project, with the reference so you can check.
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Verifiable invoicing (Verifactu)
The regulation requires invoices from software that cannot alter its records, each with a hash and a QR code. It applies to corporate income tax payers from 1 January 2027 and to everyone else from 1 July 2027. If your shop or your bookings generate an invoice, it is already generated compliantly.
Source: RD 1007/2023, dates amended by RD 254/2025 (BOE)
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Accessibility in e-commerce
Since 28 June 2025 e-commerce must be accessible to WCAG 2.1 level AA. There is an exemption for microenterprises under ten people and under two million euros; it is worth knowing which side of that line you are on before somebody asks.
Source: Ley 11/2023, transposing Directive (EU) 2019/882 (BOE)
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Allergens, on the digital menu too
Allergen information is compulsory for food served unpackaged. On a digital menu that means per dish and readable on a phone, not a footnote saying “ask a member of staff”.
Source: Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 and RD 126/2015
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Cookies and analytics
No tracking, no banner needed. We fit analytics with no cookies and no personal data, so we are not asking you to chase your customers with a consent box in order to count a few visits.
Source: AEPD cookie guidance
Who this page is for
What we won’t tell you
- That you need a hundred-page website. Not with one shop.
- That ranking is immediate. The Google listing moves in weeks; a competitive search, in months.
- That you have to change your till system. If yours works, we connect to it or leave it alone.
How we work
Half an hour, in person in Barcelona or over video. You tell us about the business and we tell you whether we can help.
- What you get
- A straight answer on whether this makes sense for you, said out loud and without hedging.
- What we need from you
- Half an hour, and for you to tell us what you sell, who buys it, and what is costing you money now.
- How long it takes
- 30 minutes
Within two working days you have the scope, the price and the date in writing. No small print.
- What you get
- A two-page document saying what gets done, what it costs and when it lands. That number is the invoice.
- What we need from you
- Your tax details for the quote, and a yes or a no. We don’t chase you if you don’t reply.
- How long it takes
- Two working days
You watch it happen at a real address from day one. Two rounds of changes included.
- What you get
- A private link you can open whenever you like and show to whoever you like while it is being built.
- What we need from you
- Your photos and copy if you have them, and two one-hour slots to review what we have so far.
- How long it takes
- 1 to 12 weeks, depending on the package
We publish it, show you how to run it, and stay on call. Or you take the keys and run it yourself.
- What you get
- The site on your domain, the domain in your name, the code and the content yours from day one.
- What we need from you
- An hour for us to show you around, and a decision on whether you want maintenance or would rather self-manage.
- How long it takes
- A day to publish, then month by month
Questions from shops and services
If your question isn’t here, write to us and we’ll answer it. Contact
Where do I start if the budget is small?
The Google Business Profile and appointment booking, in that order. The listing is free and it is what the customer sees before deciding; appointments with reminders is what stops the lost hours. With those done, the website can wait a quarter without costing you money.
Can I pay for the site with Kit Digital or a grant?
There are two common routes: Kit Digital from Red.es, and the retail digitalisation calls run by Catalonia’s Consorci de Comerç, Artesania i Moda. Both open and close, so the first step is checking whether you fall inside the current call. If you don’t qualify, we say so rather than spending your time on paperwork.
Do I actually need a real online shop?
Often not. If you sell things people would rather collect, a catalogue with price, stock and click-and-collect costs half as much and works just as well. A full shop makes sense once you are selling beyond your own neighbourhood, or when shipping is part of the business.
What if somebody else looks after my site now?
Nothing has to be broken. We can work on what you already have, or take only the part that is failing — the appointments, the Google listing, the invoicing. We don’t insist on starting from scratch in order to charge more.
What is costing you the most money?
Describe the business in four lines. We’ll tell you what we would fix first, what it costs, and what can wait.
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